Nail for wood and similar material



S. C. ABREU NAIL FOR WOOD AND SIMILAR MATERIAL Filed Feb. 17, 1927 IN VEN TOR.

Patented May 22,1928. I i 1 1,670,398

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE.

srnvmo CANUTO ABREU, or RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL.

NAIL r012. WOOD AND SIMILAR MATERIAL.

Application filed February 17, 1927. Serial No. 168,904.

It is well known that the nails heretofore of wedge formation and progressively inknown and used for driving into wood and crease the depth outwardly of the portions similar material consist of a small solid 11 relative to the portions 10. By this conshank of metal rounded or square and havstruction, the upper edges 12 of the portions 5 ing at the two opposite ends a head and a 11 are inclined at an obtuse angle to the point respectively. plane of the shank to allow other than a The object of this invention is to provide straight driving blow to be delivered, when a nail. which is constituted not by a solid desired, while the lower edges 13 of said porshank, rounded or squared, but by a narrow tions 11 are inclined at an oblique angle to 10 strip of sheet-metal, either iron, steel or the plane of the shank so as to form under- 1 otherwise pressed in such a manner that it cut recesses 14 under the portions 10 and be will cause the body of the nail to assume an tween the edges 18 and the shank. v a annular cross section of the nature of a half- The invention provides a cheap wire nail round file or the like. for fastening barbed or other fence wire and 15 In the accompanyin drawing, the like in a fir nand secure manner. The Figure 1 is a view 0 a blank from which points'S permit the nail to be easily driven, my improved nail is made. the spurs 6 hold the hail from loosening and Figure 2 is a side elevation of the nail the edges 13 0f the lugs 9 hold the wire in made therefrom. the recesses 14: against either outward or 20 Figure 3 is a top plan view of the nail. vertical displacement.

The nail 1 is made from the sheet metal What is claimed is blank 2 shown in Figure 1, and which is A nail formed from a single piece of sheet folded into shape from said blank. The metal and comprising a channelled body I shank 3 of this nail is longitudinally chanportion or shank having its closed side at its neled and of substantially U-shaped crosslower end formed with a V-shaped notch and section. The closed side of the shank is prohaving its longitudinal edges at its open side vided at its lower end with a V-shaped notch formed with outwardly inclined projections, l, and the sides 5 of the shank are provided the lower edges of which are inclined at at their lower ends with outwardly and up reverse angles to the walls of the notch and 30 wardly inclined retaining spurs or projeccoact therewith to provide V-shaped drivtions 6. As shown, the lower edges? of these ing points on opposite sides of the longituprojections are inclined at reverse angles to dinal center of the shank, the sides of the the edge walls of the notch 4 and intersect shank being provided at their upper ends the same, thus providing each side or half with forwardly extending lugs forming with 35 of the shank with a V-shaped driving the upper edges of the shank ahead, the

point 8. outer portions of said lugs being downward- At their upper ends the sides of the shank ly inclined and of greater depth than their so are formed with lugs 9 which extend beinnerends and said outer portions of said yond the free edges thereof in parallel relalugs having theirupper and lower edges retion and provide with the upper edge of the spectively inclined at obtuse and oblique shank a driving head. These lugs have angles to the planeof the shank.

straight inner portions 10 and downwardly I inclined outer portions 11, which latter are SILVINO CANUTO ABREU, 

